my home town chords by The Shadows
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Verse 1
My (G major) homet (D major) own,
(E minor) she's (C major) big and (A minor) she's brown
She reaches (D major) to the sky (G major) above
And (C major) every way you look (A minor)
she's all around (D major) you
My (G major) (D major) backyard (E minor) is (C major) dirty an (A minor) d hard
It's (D major) never seen a flower (G major) grow
Yes, (C major) I can testify that (A minor) it's no garden (D major)
One of these (G major) days
I'm (E minor) gonna pack (C major) my
bag (G major) s and take (C major) a train (G major)
To some big city
The light (C major) s are bright (G major) and
I (C major) know all (G major) the girls (A major)
are pretty (D major)
My (G major) home (E minor) folk
were raised (C major) in the (A minor) smoke
Of (D major) fiery factory chim (G major) ney stacks
That gave (C major) you work
But (A minor) in return they (D major) choked you
Choked you (E major) (A major)
(E major) When I wake up,
I wake up in the mornin'
(A major) We'll blow the day till
the sun goes (E major) down
Gotta save up all the money I'm earnin'
(A major) Gotta have enough to kiss this (E major) town (A major) (E major) (A major)
(E major) Borrowed books from the public library,
(A major) teaching myself about the world now (E major) I'm
Pictures of sunny places invite me,
(A major) goodbye town, goodbye
I'm taking a (D major) ride (G major) (B major) (E major) (Esus4) (E major)
(Esus4) My (E major) mother started cry (B major) ing
at (Baug) the sta (G major) tion
Asked (D major) me if I wouldn't
change my (C major) mind
Afraid (G major) the city lights were (A major)
gonna blind me (Bsus4)
(B major) The (E major) whistle blows and
terminates my journey (G major)
The (D major) whole reality is right on (C major) time
The (G major) factory gates close once
again be (A major) hind me (C minor)
One (D major) of these (G major) days
(E minor) I'm gonna (C major) pack my (G major) bags and (C major) take
a train (G major) to some big city
Where the (C major) lights are bright (G major) and I (C major) know (G major) all the girls (A major)
are (D major) pretty
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Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (A minor) (D minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major)
Verse 2
One (D major) of these days (G major)
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